footstep

英 [ˈfʊtstep]

美 [ˈfʊtstep]

n.  脚步声; 足迹

复数：footsteps　

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习惯用语

n.

follow in sb's footsteps
• 仿效某人
  to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family
• She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
  她步她父亲的后尘，在电视台工作。

牛津词典

noun

• 脚步声；足迹
  the sound or mark made each time your foot touches the ground when you are walking or running
  1. the sound of footsteps on the stairs
     楼梯上的脚步声
  2. footsteps in the snow
     雪地上的足迹

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脚步声;足迹
  Afootstepis the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground.
  1. I heard footsteps outside.
     我听见了外面的脚步声。
• PHRASE 效仿;步…后尘
  If youfollow insomeone'sfootsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier.
  1. My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.
     我的父亲非常自豪，因为我继承他的事业，成为了一名医生。

英英释义

noun

• the act of taking a step in walking
• the sound of a step of someone walking
  1. he heard footsteps on the porch
  Synonym:footfallstep
• the distance covered by a step
  1. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
  Synonym:pacestepstride

双语例句

• In the backside, there is a penniless heavy haversack, but your back is straight, your footstep is flimsy, your corners of the mouth smile is haughty and fortitude.
  背后，是一无所有的沉重的背带，但你的脊梁直挺，脚步脆弱，嘴角是不训，不屈的微笑。
• After a while, the footstep came at the door, then, the door was opened like the door was striked by explosive bow wave.
  一会儿，脚步到了门口，随即，门像受到爆炸的冲击波撞击似的，砰一声被推开了。
• He listened; it was a footstep pacing back and forth, as though some one were walking in the room above him.
  好象有人在他上面屋子里走路，是来回走动的步履声。
• Now it is February in North China where the spring footstep comes near.
  此时，北国的二月，春天的脚步已近。
• A trail of her footstep was on the pure white ground, made me feel light and warm.
  她的一串脚步印在洁白的雪地上，给人一种轻盈而又温暖的感觉。
• Research and practice of big lead angle rotating unloading method for precise cold extrusion die of spherical slippery footstep
  球面滑履精密冷挤压大升角旋转脱模方法研究与实践
• I heard footsteps outside.
  我听见了外面的脚步声。
• Perhaps the person of that in a dream hides deep place at the white cloud, past fog of the eyeful, was fond of me to return of footstep.
  也许那梦中的人藏匿在白云深处，故揽了满眼的雾，迷了我归去的脚步。
• If she heard a footstep in the corridor, she closed the cupboard again as hastily as it was possible with her aged hands.
  如果她听见过道里有人走路，那双枯手便急忙锁上柜门。
• I met you abruptly, with violently beating heart and light footstep to come around you: "heyhey, stinking cookroach, you must be dead this time."
  突然和你相遇，心一阵狂跳，我放轻了脚步，悄悄来到你身旁，“嘿嘿，臭蟑螂，这次年死定啦！”